# Cemex inaugurates expansion of Arizona plant in Escuintla, Guatemala

Cemex inaugurated the expansion of its Arizona cement plant in Puerto de San José, Escuintla, Guatemala, with a US$3.7 million investment. The expansion increases production capacity by 10% to 545,000 tonnes per year and boosts bagging capacity from 65 to 95 tonnes per hour.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-29
- Where: Puerto de San José, Escuintla, Guatemala
- Value: $3.70M
- Starts operating: 29 Mar 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 545,000 tonnes per year; bagging 95 tonnes per hour
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Cemex](https://endata.com/companies/16140.md)

## Sources

- [prensalibre.com](https://www.prensalibre.com/economia/cemex-inaugura-planta-en-escuintla/), 2017-03-29: "Guatemala es un país con mucho potencial de crecimiento, nosotros buscamos países que necesiten construir un mayor bienestar."
- [obras.expansion.mx](https://obras.expansion.mx/construccion/2017/04/17/cemex-amplia-su-capacidad-para-abastecer-a-centroamerica), 2017-04-17: "La empresa invirtió 3.7 millones de dólares en la ampliación de su planta Arizona, ubicada en el Puerto San José, del sureño departamento de Escuintla, y en la adquisición de una segunda línea completa de ensacado e instalación de un control integrado para regular un molino, entre otras mejoras."

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